LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo remain heavy favorites to represent their conferences as captains for the 2019 NBA All-Star Game in the second round of fan voting results, released Thursday.

James led all players with 2,779,812 votes since polls opened on Christmas. Antetokounmpo isn’t far behind with 2,670,816. The next-closest player in the East behind Giannis is Kyrie Irving (2,381,901), and rookie sensation Luka Doncic (2,220,077) is second to James in the West. Kawhi Leonard (2,092,806) and Stephen Curry (2,094,158) are the only other players in excess of two million votes.

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Two guards and three frontcourt players will be selected from each conference to serve as starters. The remaining All-Stars will be selected by coaches. The leading vote-getter from the East and West will then pick teams from the player pool in a televised draft prior to the Feb. 17 game in Charlotte.

Keep in mind, voting for fans will remain open through Jan. 21, and those results only count 50 percent toward the selections. Players and media split the remaining 50 percent, and because Rose and Wade, in particular, are unlikely to crack many of those ballots, it is highly unlikely that any of the anomalies in the first two rounds of fan voting results will stand when starters are announced on TNT on Jan. 24.

Here are the complete results from the second round of fan voting, as released by the NBA: